Best Overall
須手良
すてら
The most balanced reading — natural sound, clear meaning.
- 須 necessary
- 手 hand
- 良 good
Stella in Japanese Kanji
Pronounced ステラ · すてら · sutera
Elegant
澄照蘭
すてら
Softer characters, chosen for how they look and feel on the page.
- 澄 clear
- 照 illuminate
- 蘭 orchid
Bold
洲帝雷
すてら
Stronger strokes and more striking meanings.
- 洲 sandbar
- 帝 emperor
- 雷 thunder
How these characters were chosen
Japanese has no letters for foreign names, so a name is first written in katakana — ステラ — which records how it sounds. Kanji are then chosen whose readings match those sounds. Because many characters share the same reading, there is never a single correct spelling; there are only choices, and each one changes what the name says.
須手良 is built from 須 (necessary), 手 (hand), 良 (good). Every character here comes from a hand-checked dictionary, and combinations that happen to spell an ordinary Japanese word are rejected before you ever see them.